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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 809987" data-attributes="member: 50197"><p>I have posted a number of macro photos taken at a local park. It is Cypress Gardens, a county park located on the site of an old rice plantation. It consists of a large number of gardens with walking trails that surround black water swamps. Lots of plants, animals and insects in residence, or just visiting. Summer is a great time for these little guys, the only big issue is the humidity. I try and get there when they open at 9:00, and usually the humidity is near max. Even when the temp is in the low 80s, I'm soaking wet with sweat in short order. Still, it's been worth it, as I have been getting some images I'm quite happy with. </p><p></p><p>Since I have been taking a lot of pics there while learning about shooting macro, thought I'd just go ahead a start a thread about it. </p><p></p><p>Here's a few I got today:</p><p></p><p>Spotted this guy as a shadow on a blade. I gently bent the blade over to be able to get some shots of him. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]395609[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]395610[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>This guy was moving pretty fast from flower to flower, but managed to stay long enough on one for me to get two shots. I'm slowly learning how to approach insects and other small critters in a manner that doesn't scare them off. Doesn't work with all of them, but I'm getting much better at not frightening them off. I would have liked to have gotten him without his head buried in the flower, but it is what it is.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]395611[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>I was leaving, but still had my camera out when I spotted this little spider in the border vegetation of the parking lot. Got several shots of him. Had to change exposure to compensate for his dark color, and focusing was difficult with the wind blowing the reed around. I made a vertical version of this, but, for now, I like the landscape version better.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]395613[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 809987, member: 50197"] I have posted a number of macro photos taken at a local park. It is Cypress Gardens, a county park located on the site of an old rice plantation. It consists of a large number of gardens with walking trails that surround black water swamps. Lots of plants, animals and insects in residence, or just visiting. Summer is a great time for these little guys, the only big issue is the humidity. I try and get there when they open at 9:00, and usually the humidity is near max. Even when the temp is in the low 80s, I'm soaking wet with sweat in short order. Still, it's been worth it, as I have been getting some images I'm quite happy with. Since I have been taking a lot of pics there while learning about shooting macro, thought I'd just go ahead a start a thread about it. Here's a few I got today: Spotted this guy as a shadow on a blade. I gently bent the blade over to be able to get some shots of him. [ATTACH type="full"]395609[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]395610[/ATTACH] This guy was moving pretty fast from flower to flower, but managed to stay long enough on one for me to get two shots. I'm slowly learning how to approach insects and other small critters in a manner that doesn't scare them off. Doesn't work with all of them, but I'm getting much better at not frightening them off. I would have liked to have gotten him without his head buried in the flower, but it is what it is. [ATTACH type="full"]395611[/ATTACH] I was leaving, but still had my camera out when I spotted this little spider in the border vegetation of the parking lot. Got several shots of him. Had to change exposure to compensate for his dark color, and focusing was difficult with the wind blowing the reed around. I made a vertical version of this, but, for now, I like the landscape version better. [ATTACH type="full"]395613[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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